An inventory management system includes a first device having a first inventory identifier that uniquely identifies the first device. The first device includes a second device that has a second inventory identifier stored in a non-volatile memory of the second device. The second inventory identifier uniquely identifies the second device. A processing device is configured to execute code that reads the second inventory identifier from the non-volatile memory of the second device. An inventory log receives the second inventory identifier from the processing device, and associates the first device with the second inventory identifier.

A semiconductor device capable of communicating with a host apparatus includes a symbol generation unit, a coding unit, and a transmission unit. The symbol generation unit includes a random number generation circuit and generates a symbol according to a random number generated by the random number generation circuit. The coding unit performs 8b/10b coding for the symbol. The transmission unit transmits the symbol coded by the 8b/10b coding unit to the host apparatus.

Techniques are disclosed relating to relating to a public key infrastructure (PKI). In one embodiment, an integrated circuit is disclosed that includes at least one processor and a secure circuit isolated from access by the processor except through a mailbox mechanism. The secure circuit is configured to generate a key pair having a public key and a private key, and to issue, to a certificate authority (CA), a certificate signing request (CSR) for a certificate corresponding to the key pair. In some embodiments, the secure circuit may be configured to receive, via the mailbox mechanism, a first request from an application executing on the processor to issue a certificate to the application. The secure circuit may also be configured to perform, in response to a second request, a cryptographic operation using a public key circuit included in the secure circuit.

Disclosed is a television including a display body and an interface extension apparatus. The display body includes a shell and a main board provided with a first interface and installed in the shell. The shell is provided with a channel opening. The interface extension apparatus includes a driving module and an interface extension line including a data line and a second interface. The data line is connected between the first interface and the second interface. The driving module is in transmission connection with the data line. The driving module is for driving one end of the interface extension line provided with the second interface to out of the shell through the channel opening, and driving the interface extension line out of the shell to be retracted into the shell through the channel opening. The application also discloses a television control method and a control apparatus.

A compute node includes a network-connected device, and a baseboard management controller (BMC) that is connected to the network-connected device by a sideband interface. The network-connected device is configured to communicate with a network. The BMC is configured to configure the network-connected device, via the sideband interface, to engage in a debug session over the network with a remote debug device.

A test and measurement instrument including a digital down converter configured to receive a bus signal and output in-phase and quadrature-phase baseband component waveform data, a trace generator configured to receive the in-phase and quadrature-phase baseband component waveform data and generate at least one radio frequency versus time trace, a decoder configured to receive the at least one radio frequency versus time trace and decode the bus signal based on the at least one radio frequency versus time trace and a wireless modulation scheme, and a trigger configured to capture at least a portion of the bus signal based on the decoded bus signal.

In some examples, a system includes a memory resource, a communication channel to allow a bus mastering capable device to access the memory resource, and a controller to block the system from responding to a request from the bus mastering capable device for accessing the memory resource until the controller has authorized the bus mastering capable device.

A semiconductor device capable of communicating with a host apparatus includes a symbol generation unit, a coding unit, and a transmission unit. The symbol generation unit includes a random number generation circuit and generates a symbol according to a random number generated by the random number generation circuit. The coding unit performs 8 b/10 b coding for the symbol. The transmission unit transmits the symbol coded by the 8 b/10 b coding unit to the host apparatus.

In one embodiment, an apparatus includes interconnect circuitry to implement one or more layers of a Universal Serial Bus (USB)-based protocol. The interconnect circuitry can implement a first USB-based interface and a second USB-based interface. The apparatus further includes telemetry circuitry to generate telemetry data, cause the telemetry data to be transmitted via the first USB-based interface, detect a power state transition in the apparatus, cause the telemetry data to be buffered based on detecting the power state transition, and cause the buffered telemetry data to be transmitted via the second USB-interface based on a set interface request indicating the second USB-interface.

Provided are a data transmission device and a data transmission method, which are applied to a field of an information technology. The data transmission device includes: a signal conversion module (30) and a signal transmission module (20), wherein the signal conversion module (30) is configured to convert, at a data transmitting end, an electrical signal containing a data information into a magnon signal containing the data information; the signal transmission module (20) is configured to transmit the magnon signal containing the data information to a data receiving end; and the signal conversion module (30) is further configured to convert, at the data receiving end, the magnon signal containing the data information into the electrical signal containing the data information. The data transmission method includes transmitting the data by using the magnon signal, and no voltage or current is required in a process of transmitting the data.